YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE GOOD. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WALK ON YOUR KNEES FOR A HUNDRED MILES THRU THE DESERT REPENTING. YOU ONLY HAVE TO LET THE SOFT ANIMAL OF YOUR BODY LOVE WHAT IT LOVES.TELL ME ABOUT DESPAIR, YOURS, AND I WILL TELL YOU MINE. MEANWHILE THE SUN AND THE CLEAR PEBBLES OF THE RAIN ARE MOVING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE,OVER THE PRAIRIES AND DEEP TREES,THE MOUNTAINS AND THE RIVERS. MEANWHILE THE WILD GEESE, HIGH IN THE CLEAR BLUE AIR ARE HEADING HOME AGAIN. WHOEVER YOU ARE, NO MATTER HOW LONELY,THE WORLD OFFERS ITSELF TO YOUR IMAGINATION,CALLS TO YOU LIKE THE WILD GEESE, HARSH AND EXCITING OVER AND OVER ANNOUNCING YOUR PLACE IN THE FAMILY OF THINGS . Mary OliverDream Work

"PRAISE AND BLAME, GAIN AND LOSS, PLEASURE AND SORROW COME AND GO LIKE THE WIND. TO BE HAPPY, REST LIKE A GREAT TREE IN THE MIDST OF THEM ALL."Achaan Chaa (Thailand, d. 1992)